PORTFOLIO Jessalin DeFord
“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.� - Norman Foster
RESUME ARCHITECTURE RELATED EXPERIENCES
JESSALIN DEFORD 503.784.2748 | jessalin.deford@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
University of Oregon | Portland, Oregon
Master of Architecture | Urban Design/Architecture Specialization
Graduated June 2016
- UO Portland Student Action Council Member
Washington State University | Pullman, Washington Bachelor of Science | Architectural Studies
Graduated May 2011
- American Institute of Architecture Students Member, Freedom By Design Member
experience:
Practicum Mentee
MWA Architects | Portland, OR
Jan. 2016 - March 2016
- Produced 3D model using Revit - Investigated rainscreen materials and wall assembly systems - Researched differences between LEED v2009 and v4
Intern Architect
Dominek Architecture LLC | Portland, OR
Aug. 2015 – Sept. 2015
- Produced 3D models of various projects using SketchUp - Assisted in creating construction documents using VectorWorks
Project Engineer / Controls Engineer
Apollo Mechanical Contractors | Wilsonville / Hillsboro, OR
May 2012 – Sept. 2014
- Acted as project engineer MEP support for retrofit of science building at Southern Oregon University - Collected mechanical and plumbing permits from the city - Supported estimated team with collecting quotes from vendors - Purchased and managed materials and spool drawings for pipe fitters - Input drawings, RFI’s, schedules and change orders into system - Coordinated construction documents and distributed to the field - Supplied manpower and head count reports to Intel
Project Engineer
Quality Plus Services at Intel | Hillsboro, OR
Jan. 2012 – May 2012
- Input all RFI’s into system and sent submittals on components - Obtained quotes from vendors and purchased materials for pipe fitters - Managed spool drawings and developed spreadsheets, charts and graphs
skills:
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Architecture Revit, VectorWorks, Sefaira, Microsoft Office, ProLog, International Building Code 2009, LEED v4
travels:
Vicenza, Italy & Switzerland | Spring 2015 UO Study Abroad Paris Versailles & Lyon, France | October 2013 Glasgow, London, Dublin | April 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lincoln Learning Center
OCAC auditorium+Library art creating community connections
rethinking the rowhouse envisioning possibilities exterior from 18th and salmon
datum fitness urban fitness center
the nexus COLLABORATIVE OFFICES
lincoln learning center next generation urban high schools
details building enclosure
creative works “do something creative everyday�
atrium from second floor
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OCAC
AUDitorium+LIBrary art creating community connections term | Fall 2015 Location | SW Portland, OR COLLABORATION | PSU’s MRED Students Professors | Charles Dorn & Nic Smith (Hacker)
In teams we developed master plans for the Oregon College of Arts and Craft that stayed true to their meandering paths, respect for the landscape and MAKER MENTALITY. The public buildings are placed along the perimeter reaching out to the community, with the art studios at the heart of campus. A MEANDERING PATH connects different hubs throughout campus. Individually I developed the auditorium/library on the corner, adjacent to the retail. The form was shaped in a way to front Barnes rd., respect the topography and ACTIVATE the hub shared with the retail. The goal for this programmatic addition was to create a space centered around ART EDUCATION for the school and the community. The atrium acts as an art gallery and a place for gathering.
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The College of Arts and Craft is hidden among trees on a sloping site in SW Portland. Although the college grounds have a lot of character, the facilities are lacking in space and functionality.
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HUB INTERACTION
SITE SECTION
EXTERIOR VIEW FROM HUB
MASTER PLAN
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COMMUNITY
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NATURE
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CAMPUS
ART
CAMPUS
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COMMUNITY
ART COMMUNITY
ART CREATING CONNECTIONS
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NORTH/SOUTH SECTION
ART EDUCATION AT CENTER
ART
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CIRCULATION THROUGH HUB
ART GALLERY AS CONNECTION
RESPECT TOPOGRAPHY
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1ST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
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AUDITORIUM The auditorium seats 350 people allowing OCAC’s use for all campus meetings or graduation. The space can also be rented out for creative CONFERENCES to companies such as Nike or Intel. The auditorium respects the topography borrowing its slope. Nature acts as a backdrop, FRAMING the beloved Barbara Feeley landscape with operable louvers.
LIBRARY The library is not only an art EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE for the students, but also the community. In addition to book lending, the library also has an ART TOOL LIBRARY to encourage members of the community to explore different art mediums and K-12 art resources available to parents and teachers.
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RETHINKING THE ROWHOUSE
ENVISIONING POSSIBILITIES term | Spring 2011 Location | Spokane, WA group | Eldon Lam, Tyler Laskowski, Gina Usher Professor | Darrin Griechen
Encouraging community through SELF-SUFFICIENCY and promoting the positive attributes of the existing neighborhood in Spokane were important goals for our team for this project. With SUSTAINABILITY at the forefront of design, this residential row housing project successfully uses green technology such as passive solar design, air filtration, water collection, and gray water recycling to become more self-sufficient. Our design utilizes LAYERING in order to frame individual spaces, creating different levels of public and private spaces. The row houses OPEN UP allowing for residents to connect with the surrounding neighborhood and provide a farmer’s market servicing locals with home-made and HOME-GROWN products.
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WINDOW PLACEMENT + INTENTION
BEDROOM WINDOW SHELVES
WEST ELEVATION
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RAINWATER COLLECTION
KITCHEN ROOFTOP GARDEN
EAST ELEVATION
DAYLIGHT STUDIES
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MULTI-PURPOSE The garages and multi-purpose spaces on the first floor become the framework for SYNERGY, allowing residents to collaborate in the larger goal of self-sufficiency. This open space allows the potential for creating an INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITY where neighbors come together to offer each other support. Operability and multifunctionality are features that allow residents to REDEFINE rooms to promote personalization and create unique spaces.
OPENED UP FOR FARMERS MARKET
MARKET
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THEATER
FAMILY ROOM
COMMUNITY PARTY CENTER
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datum fitness Urban Fitness Center term | Fall 2014 Location | SE Portland, OR Professors | Nico Larco & Allyson Bryan
Datum Fitness is an urban fitness center in an up and coming area of South-East Portland. It sits on a corner lot adjacent to existing train tracks and a new light rail line. The challenge of this project is to provide adequate private spaces for gym users as well as public spaces that create the URBAN CONDITION. Having concentrated transit noise coming from the North side of the site informed the layout of the program. A DATUM LINE separates the exposed public spaces from the private spaces that are more tucked away and hidden. The more active fitness spaces such as cardio, equipment and health cafe are revealed to the public using transparent materials, opening the gym up to the neighborhood. Calm fitness spaces such as the yoga class room and zen meditation garden are hidden. This theme of HIDE AND REVEAL is seen throughout the project.
SITE ANALYSIS | SOUND DENSITIES
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PUSH/PULL OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES
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HIDE+REVEAL The MATERIALITY follows the theme of hide and reveal. The public spaces are TRANSPARENT whereas the private spaces are protected by the thick stone wall.
MAIN CIRCULATION AND SCREENED YOGA ROOM
SCREENED YOGA ROOM AND ZEN GARDEN
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THE NEXUS collaborative office building within the odot blocks term | Winter 2015 Location | SE Portland, OR PARTNER | Meghan O’Mara Professors | Will Ives (Hennebery Eddy) &
Erica Dunn (Green Hammer)
In working with BEAM Development and partner Meghan O’Mara, the ODOT Blocks are re-imagined with a COLLABORATIVE office building for design/tech companies that acts as an incubator. This collaborative atmosphere promotes SYNERGISTIC relations between start-up and established businesses in a not so conventional office building. Restaurants and retail on the street level help ground the offices and ACTIVATE Water Avenue and the Esplanade. With the INDUSTRIAL GRIT encroaching on the river front, the ODOT blocks allow for a perfect opportunity to pull from both the natural and the built elements in the surrounding eastside. WATER FEATURES help guide the users experience through the site while showcasing the water saving strategies.
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INTERCONNECTED pathways and dispersed collaboration spaces help to define movement and points of gathering. This environment provides moments of interaction to encourage COLLABORATION between the different businesses.
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2ND FLOOR TYP.
FIRST FLOOR SUGGESTED PROGRAM: - RESTAURANTS - RETAIL - COMMUNITY CENTER - EDUCATIONAL OFFICES - BREWERY - BOUTIQUES - ART GALLERY
Collaboration Large Businesses Mid-Sized Businesses Incubator Businesses Facilities 8’ 0’
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THROUGH CIRCULATION
COLLABORATION
SECOND FLOOR - MAIN CIRCULATION OFFICES
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WALL ASSEMBLY AXON CORTEN PANELS
EAST/WEST SECTION - ELEVATION
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STRUCTURED LANDSCAPE AREA
WATER FOCUS
REDUCE
CAPTURE
MITIGATE 8’
32’ 16’
ROOF PLAN
WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
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TERRACE AND FOUNTAIN AREA
SITE MODEL BY M.O. - VIEW FROM ESPLANADE
Lincoln Learning Center
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LINCOLN
LEARNING CENTER NEXT GENERATION URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS term | Thesis - Winter + Spring 2016 Location | SW Portland, OR Professors | Gerald Gast
Creating an educational HUB within the interconnected network of the city. LLC is one of the many interconnected destinations in the city’s network of resources. The site behaves like an urban sponge. It is POROUS in character, allowing for an inward/outward flow of movement. The building inherently welcomes students, parents and the community members in with shared programmatic elements. Outward flow of movement encourages students to explore and USE THE CITY itself as an educational tool. The Lincoln Learning Center takes on the role of the HUB: the effective center of an activity, region, or network. The school itself has many layers of education spaces that feed back into the main gathering space. Movement flows through the concentration of learning spaces, acting as the connective thread for the school, shared program, neighborhood and the city beyond.
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EDUCATIONAL GOALS • Encouraging innovation and creativity
by encouraging students, teachers, and community partners to collaborate and invent new solutions to problems.
• Focus on International Studies
Sub-Hub
for students and public by providing a cultural center that offers a space for rotating exhibitions as well as language and history classes.
LAYERS OF CONCENTRATION:
• Take learning beyond the physical boundaries of the school
by using the city as an educational tool by encouraging students to explore the city and use it as a resource.
• Creating connection with community
by opening the school’s amenities up to the neighborhood and sharing resources. Sub-Hub Connectivity
LAYERS OF MOVEMENT:
CITY:
URBAN SPONGE The site is porous in character, allowing for inward/outward flow of movement to the different destinations in the city.
SITE:
BUILDING:
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salmon st.
food bank cafe cultural center exhibition
kitchen
locker rooms administration fitness center
pool innovation labs
career development center
resource center
main st.
first floor plan 32’
64’
96’
drama choir
box office
experimental theater
music lab
international studies theater lounge
tech lab
health labs
conference room
dance/wrestling
fitness lounge
extended learning suite open to pool below
fitness center equiment
extended learning suite learning suite
learning lab
learning suite
learning lab
innovation labs
second floor plan 32’
64’
96’
third floor plan 32’
64’
96’
exterior from 18th and salmon
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atrium from second floor
sustainable streets
salmon street section third floor learning suite sub-hub
Salmon street was redesigned to provide two automobile lanes, safe bike lanes and large sidewalks with street trees for shading and street character. Not only do the bike paths provide safe passage for the students but they connect to the bike network of the city. Stormwater management techniques were implemented in the form of swales that line the street. These swales collect runoff from the impervious roads that would otherwise go into the sewer system. Permeable pavers are seen throughout the outdoor social spaces to encourage natural infiltration into the earth.
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atrium from second floor
third floor learning suite sub-hub
transparency
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learning suites Within each learning suite are four learning labs with a shared flexible space between called the Sub-Hub. The learning labs take on the shape of an “L� to provide multiple learning zones within the classroom. Transparency not only provides safety for the students, but also provides natural daylight to the learning spaces. The structure allows for flexibility with the walls so the spaces can be altered to fit the needs of the teacher. The learning labs have the ability to spill out onto a shared flexible space which can be seen as an extension of the learning labs or a gathering space.
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health+fitness cafe education career development cultural center innovation lab
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tectonic model
east/west section
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DETAILS Detailing executed in autocad term | Winter 2015 COURSE | Arch 571 Building Enclosure Professors | Mark Perepelitza
Course Objectives: 1. Build on the understanding of the multiple roles of the building enclosure. 2. Study the building science concepts at play in building enclosures and the control layers required to manage them. 3. Explore a range of exterior wall, roof, and foundation materials and assemblies. 4. Engage the design, analysis, and documentation process in the creation of a complete and effective building enclosure.
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creative works “do something creative everyday� Mahogany+poplar cribbage board, b+w film photography, pencil self portrait, watercolors, italy sketches
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